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Fish house work, it's fun!

Kylersk

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Just added a Power Converter and a couple of 110V outlets to my house. The power Converter runs off of 110V and puts out 12VDC plus it'll charge the battery. It senses the battery voltage and will change how it charges accordingly (fast, slow, maintain).

Next I have to add an outlet hatch (to get cord into house) and clean it up.

I also plan on adding another shelf below my TV shelf for a dish reciever or Xbox.

Are there any Ice reports yet? wink.gif

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Fun, I still have not brought my self to go up and put a needed new roof on mine and finsh a little bit of vival siding I started a couple years back!

Going to have to get up soon! You are right, once you start doing it and things are flowing, it is kind of fun!

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My buddy and I just bought a 12 foot camper that we're converting to a wheel house...

He's been busy moving this week, but told me to go a head and start working...

All I've done so far is take measurements and I fixed the broken bench seat... But I too have found it profoundly rewarding... More so than I thought.

Last night I was sitting back admiring my handy work, and it occured to me... I think that the thing that is so cool about working on the fish house, is that it's kind of the coming to fruition of that awesome tree fort you always tried to build as a kid.

You know you always put so much care and planning into it... But it never turned out to be that "Pinnacle of cool forts." Because you were a kid, trying to build a fort out of scrap lumber and tree branches with crappy tools your Dad wouldn't miss.

While you had a good time... It never really scratched that primal itch...

Now as a grown man I'm pretty sure my wife would have something to say if I just started banging together some awesome tree fort in the backyard...

Instead... My Fish House is my Man-Fort!

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I'm packing up the welder and heading for ShawnnyB's house where our fish house is sitting. It needs some pivot work to get one more year out of the ultralight frame. The alternative is to drive the fish house up on the new trailer I built and use it that way. Downfall, you're that much higher off the ice :-(

Anyway, I'm both looking forward to working on it, and also dreading it! Of course, I can't wait to start putting a shell on my new frame! Going from a 13' house to 17' grin.gif

Bring on the ice!

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You're right DWW, admiring ones own handy work is cool.

Another reason I enjoy working on my house is the fact, that I'm in the house getting it ready for the upcoming hard water season!

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Kylersk, is that power converter a bench top type, to test 12v off of 110v?

Nope, it's an actual RV Power converter/Charger.

45 Amp RV Converter/Charger

The PD9245C, 45 amp power converter is designed to provide reliable filtered DC power to all recreational vehicle 12-volt lighting and appliance circuits. The PD9245C converter also provides safe and rapid recharging of RV batteries. Built-in features such as electronic current limiting, reverse battery protection, high voltage protection, low voltage operation, and over temperature shut down ensure long term reliability. The built-in Charge Wizard is a microprocessor-controlled system that constantly monitors the battery voltage and ensures a rapid; yet, safe, recharge. The Charge Wizard can select one of three charging voltages and one of four operating modes depending on the condition and use of the battery. The built-in Accessory Port makes it easy to add the Converter Status Remote Pendant that shows the charger/converter status.

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I can only go by what the manual says, since I havnt put it to an actual test.

In boost mode, it'll take approximately 8 hours to retunr the battery to 90% and 11 hours to full charge.

IN normal mode, it'll take 40 hours to 90% and 78 to reach full.

STorage mode, 60 hours to return 90%, 100 hours for full charge.

Also, keep in mind that while charging, you still have full 12 volt power for your house.

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